LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers formally announced a deal with Time Warner Cable on Monday to create a new TV channel that people familiar with the situation say assures the team more than $7 billion over 25 years. That is double what Major League Baseball thought the local TV rights were worth when the team was sold out of bankruptcy just last year.
Analysis: Nightclub fire exposes faults in Brazil's big ambitions
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A nightclub fire that killed 231 people is prompting Brazilians to worry that a culture o f haphazard regulation and lax accountability stand in the way of achieving the country's lofty, first-world ambitions. Brazil, Latin America's biggest country, has been praised by economists and investors over the past decade during a boom that made it one of the world's most promising emerging markets. … Brazil detains band, club owners after nightclub fire
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Monday detained the owners of the nightclub where a fire killed 231 people as well as two band members whose pyrotechnics they say triggered the blaze as the focus turned to finding those responsible for the tragedy. No charges were filed against the four men, but prosecutors said they could be held for up to five days as police pressed them for clues as to how the fire early Sunday morning could have caused so many deaths. … UPDATE 2-Brazil detains band, club owners after deadly nightclub fire
* Latest death toll is 231; 82 injured * Police probes, lawsuits could drag on for years * Club’s operating license had expired (Adds details, comments from Rousseff and Pele) By Ana Flor SANTA MARIA, Brazil, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Brazilian policeinvestigating a nightclub fire that killed 231 people detainedon Monday the owners of the club and two band members whosepyrotechnics show authorities say triggered the blaze as thefocus turned to finding those responsible for the tragedy. …
Caterpillar beats estimates
Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, reported a fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates. Canada looks to continue learning against the United States
Coming off a 4-0 thrashing by Denmark over the weekend, Canada hopes to use its next game as another means of educating its mostly young, inexperienced squad. Motor racing-Raikkonen eyes another title
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Kimi Raikkonen set his sights on a championship challenge with Lotus after the Formula One team unveiled their new car on Monday. “It’s clear from working with them that they are racers,” said the 33-year-old Finn, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari who made an impressive comeback last season after two years in rallying. “You can see in their history that they’ve won championships. Nothing I saw last year made me think that another championship was impossible,” he said of the former Renault and Benetton team. …
Adelman coaching Timberwolves after 3-week break
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Rick Adelman is back on the court and coaching basketball after three weeks away to help his wife through a health scare.
American Exports: Torres still dreaming of USMNT spot
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - José Francisco Torres' name has largely disappeared from media talk about the US national team, but the player himself is desperate for another shot in Jurgen Klinsmann's squad. 
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